Music holder



G. M. EADS MUSIC HOLDER Dec. 5, 1939.

Filed July 1, 1938 INYENTUR EUREIEZF] EHUS- HTTUHNE'P5 Patented Dec. 5, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in music holders and has particular reference to a device for holding sheet music books and the like upon an accordion, so that the player of the accordion may read the notes while moving about.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which is adjustable to accordions of various sizes.

A further object is to produce a device which is economical to manufacture, neat in appearance, and easy to apply to the accordion.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. l is a top plan view of my device;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1, showing a portion of the accordion in dotted lines; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary bottom plan view of the extension arm of the device.

The average accordion player must memorize his notes for the reason that the player often Walks about and cannot stand in front of a music rack. I have, therefore, devised a music rack which may be attached to the accordion so that the player may walk about and yet clearly see the notes.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2 designate a portion of an accordion; and upon the top of this accordion there is a strap holder, shown in dotted lines at 5. This strap holder forms means by which the shoulder straps and body straps of the accordion may be attached. It is my intention to employ this strap holder to attach my device to the accordion. At 6 and l I have shown a pair of spring arms which are secured to an offset member 8, slidably engaging a tubular member 9, which in turn slidably engages a support ll, secured to the top of the accordion through the medium of a suction cup l2. A bar 13 is pivoted to the support ll and extends down the end of the accordion and carries a sliding U-shaped clamp M. An extension arm IE is pivoted as at I! to the U- shaped clamp, and a thumb nut It serves the purpose of securing the U-shaped clamp in adjusted positions along the bar l3 and also to hold the extension arm IS in any desired angular position, as indicated in the full and dotted lines of Fig. 2. This extension arm has a cross piece 5 19 secured thereto and a pair of lazy tongs 2|,

which are provided with clamps 23 and 2% respectively. The use of the lazy tongs is wellknown; therefore, further reference thereto is unnecessary. It will be further understood that the lazy tongs, clamps and piece l9 provide a 5 support and holding means for a book or sheets of music.

Cooperating with the clamps 23 and 24, to hold the pages of a book or the music, against casual removal from the support provided by the 10 lazy tongs, I provide a rod 26 having a finger piece 21, which rod bends over the end of the extension arm I6, as shown at A in Fig. l, and has a flat plate 28 secured thereto. This flat plate is adapted to overlie the portion of the pages 15 adjacent the fold thereof, as will be obvious. When the rod is pushed to the dotted line position of Fig. 3, this plate 28 will lie beyond the outer margin of the pages, after which the pages may be turned, and then the plate is reengaged with the pages.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. An accordion music holder of the class de- 30 scribed including an expandable gripping member adapted to engage the handle of the accordion, an offset bar secured to said gripping member, a supporting element adjustably secured to said offset bar, a second bar pivotally secured to said support, a pivoted music holder slidable upon said bar, and lazy tong elements carried by said music holder and having clamps capable of gripping the music sheet edges.

2. An accordion music holder of the class 40 described including an expansible gripping member adapted to engage the handle of the accordion, an oifset bar secured to said gripping member, a supporting element adjustably secured to said offset bar, a second depending barpivotally secured to said support, a pivoted music holder slidable upon said depending bar, said music holder including an extension arm having lazy tong elements arranged on opposite sides thereof and including music clamp members, and an additional slidable clamp plate mounted upon said extension arm to grip the central sections of the music sheets.

GEORGE M. EADS. 

